“There is no turn-key audio software used to create the music. It’s a text editor and raw code. Second, because of the projected screen, live coding embraces transparency and allows the audience to gain access to the performer’s tools, and arguably their thought process as well (but I think that’s a stretch). Last, live coding allows for functional and algorithmic programming to be used to create sound. As a result, live coded music often has an algorithmic feel to it (or sometimes a chaotic feel, depending on what the performer feels like doing).”